Finnair soaring despite poor fourth quarter

Finnair lost €2.9 million ($3.4 million) in the quarter ended Dec. 31 compared to a profit of €3.9 million in the final quarter of 2004, but still managed to end the year with an impressive bottom line as its annual profit more than doubled to €61.4 million from €25.6 million.
"All in all, the 2005 result was acceptable and, in terms of the second and third quarters, even excellent. The result was the best recorded for five years," President and CEO Jukka Hienonen ...

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